Rethinking Early Medieval India

Singh, Upinder [Hrsg.]:
Rethinking Early Medieval India : a reader / ed. by Upinder Singh. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2011. - xiv, 354 S. : Ill., Kt.
ISBN 978-0-19-807002-3
Rs. 750,00
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Beschreibung
This reader presents a new understanding of the early medieval period of Indian history (c. 600-1300 CE), highlighting the complex and multilinear nature of its historical processes. The widely divergent perspectives on this period are linked to issues of periodization and the identification of historical continuities and change. The book examines the major historiographical debates and also moves beyond them, throwing alight on many important aspects of the social, economic, political and cultural history of the pre-Sultanate and non-Sultanate early medieval.
   The volume brings together a careful selection of readings, including seminal essays as well as recent writing. Comprehensive and thought-provoking, it discusses:
- theoretical frameworks, namely the feudalism, segmentary state, and integrative/processual models
- political processes, including the interaction between states and forest tribes
- village and city life, with a focus on agrarian structure, urban patterns, trade, varna, jati, and gender
- religion, art and culture, within and beyond regional frameworks
- histories of language, literature, ideas, attitudes, and emotions
   The introduction provides presents a critical and incisive overview and analysis of debates and writings related to a wide range of historical issues. In doing so, it raises new questions, suggests new approaches, and opens up possibilities for future research. [Verlagsinformation]

Herausgeber
UPINDER SINGH is Professor, Department of History, University of Delhi.

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